38 Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger and does not stir up his fury. 39 He remembered that they were made of flesh and were like a wind that blows past and does not return. 40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and insulted him in the wastelands. 41 They again challenged God and offended the Holy One of Israel. 42 They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,

8 He said, “Certainly they will be my people, children who are not disloyal.” He became their deliverer. 9 Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. The messenger sent from his very presence delivered them. In his love and mercy he protected them; he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times. 10 But they rebelled and offended his Holy Spirit, so he turned into an enemy and fought against them. 11 His people remembered the ancient times. Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea, along with the shepherd of his flock? Where is the one who placed his Holy Spirit among them, 12 the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, who divided the water before them, gaining for himself a lasting reputation,